Awake, my soul from restless sleep. Stir my heart – inviting His presence. Arouse my mind, evoking His Word. Awake, my soul from the darkest depths. Stir my heart with love abounding. Arouse my mind – remembering His promises. © 2022 Raelyn Pracht
Category Archives: Poem
Throwback Thursday: LUCIDITY
Lucidity is lost, fading with memories of better times. She is a fragment of who she was – a vibrant girl she used to know, stolen by unexpected grief. Simple plans have vanished. She blinks as nothing comes to mind, but her uninvited reality of darkness. ©Raelyn Pracht 2020
SILENT SATURDAY
In silence, we wait. Pondering, hoping. Waiting quietly, anxiously outside the tomb. His bloody and broken body lay in rags. We feel the weight – weight of our sins upon Him, We are the reason He came – the reason He lay behind the stone on this day of darkness and grief. In silence, weContinue reading “SILENT SATURDAY”
A Good Friday Poem
On that cross,My sins nailed through your hands and feet,Pinning you down.Unable to move, to speak.The weight of my transgressions held you there-Too much for you to overcome.All of my guilt, fears, weaknesses, shame sat upon your crowned head-Pushing in the thorns,It was for my pain that you bled.
HAIKU: Winter’s Silence
Silence of winter – a pause for meditation. My soul’s desire.
HAIKU: WINTER’S SHORE
Waves crash icy shores, Snow holds tight the rocky cliffs, Sailors heed warning.
BEAUTIFUL SOUL
Beautiful soul, you were always a dreamer. Now, you are a dancer among the stars – a freed spirit from the torment which surrounded you. Beautiful soul, life unfairly stole your breath. But God holds you in His loving arms, enveloping you in all that should have been. Written in loving memory of someone goneContinue reading “BEAUTIFUL SOUL”
An Excerpt from “Autumn” by Longfellow
I just love this section of his poem. It speaks of the season brilliantly! There is a beautiful spirit breathing nowIts mellow richness on the clustered trees,And, from a beaker full of richest dyes,Pouring new glory on the autumn woods,And dipping in warm light the pillared clouds.
Throwback Thursday: Upheld- A Poem on Psalm 51:12-15 (2019)
Upheld with a willing spirit, not with defense or fight. Upheld with a hopeful outlook, one of trust and faith. Upheld above the clouds of darkness, far from my sins and transgressions. Upheld so I may be restored and focus my eyes on the joy of salvation. Upheld that I may sing songs of praiseContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Upheld- A Poem on Psalm 51:12-15 (2019)”
Throwback Thursday: MORNING SYMPHONY (A Haiku from September 2020)
Morning symphony – His creation plays the songs, orchestrating life.
Raelyn Pracht 